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Over 10,000 enthusiasts attended the 2012 Concours d'Elegance of America. A 1933 Delage, left, and a 1933 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton were named Best in Show winners. Photo by Roger Hart

The 35th Concours d'Elegance of America is months away, but enthusiasts can start planning for next year's event. Vehicle classes for the event—which will be held at the Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Mich., on July 28—have been announced.

Battery-powered vehicles are set to take center stage at the show. A special class named “Electric Cars: Past, Present and Future” will feature examples of electric vehicles that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century before the rise of internal combustion power.

If you're hooked on horsepower, however, a wide range of historic racing and performance cars will share the field with the electrics. Vintage NASCAR stock cars, Can-Am racers and dragsters will be displayed, and a special class has been created to honor cars from the 1908 New York to Paris automobile race.

Read the full press release below for ticket information and a full listing of featured and traditional classes for 2013 event.

Concours d'Elegance Announces 2013 Car Classes

Concours car-selection chair Brian Joseph has announced the 2013 featured classes:

-- London to Brighton Pre-1905

-- Auburn/Cord: The One Offs

-- Detroit Iron: American Classic Open 1928-1934

-- Cadillac, Chrysler, Lincoln & Packard

-- Indianapolis Iron: American Classic Open 1928-1934

-- Duesenberg, Marmon & Stutz

-- Motorcycles: Bobbers

-- Can-Am

-- Vintage NASCAR

-- Drag Racing

-- Past, Present & Future: Electric Cars

-- Most Elegant Cars

-- Porsche 911

On the Road

On the Track

-- Honoring cars from “The Great Race”

A Special Class for 2013 will be Electric Cars: Past, Present and Future. Electric cars were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At that time, electric cars were favored since they provided a level of comfort and ease of operation that could not be met by gasoline powered cars. By the late 1930s, the popularity of electric cars had declined, mostly affected by the availability of mass produced gasoline cars, electric starters and quicker refueling times.

Some of the American manufacturers of electric cars in the early 20th century were Anthony Electric, Baker, Columbia, Anderson, Fritchle, Studebaker, Riker and Melburn. If you have an electric car that you would like to be considered, please click here to go to our nomination form. We welcome other car nominations as well.

The traditional classes are: Gaslight 1906-1914, Jazz Age 1915-1927, American Popular 1928-1942, American Classic Closed 1928-1942, American Classic Open 1935-1942, Pre-War European Early, Pre-War European Late, American Post-War 1946-1959, American Post-War 1960-1970, American Muscle Car, Post-War Sports 1961-1975: Ferrari, Post-War European, Classic Supercars and Supercars. Classes are subject to change.

Graham Kozak
- Graham Kozak drove a 1951 Packard 200 sedan in high school because he wanted something that would be easy to find in a parking lot. He thinks all the things they're doing with fuel injection and seatbelts these days are pretty nifty too.
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